On the 2nd, someone shared a post to the auto community Bobaedream titled “Special Dish in Front of Mungyeong Saejae — Doenjang-jjigae Served with a Sink Cover.”
The poster said a big family group of 23 — from a two-year-old to parents-in-law in their 70s — visited the Mungyeong Saejae festival that day, stopped at a nearby restaurant, and ordered dishes including a salted mackerel set.
The nightmare didn’t stop after one mistake. First, a steel scouring pad turned up in the salted mackerel dish. The poster told the owner, who offered no apology and only asked whether they wanted the dish remade. When the poster declined, the owner said, “I’ll take that off the bill,” and walked into the kitchen.
Trying to get past that unpleasant moment, the group kept eating — until someone spotted a sink drain cover in the doenjang-jjigae. The photo they shared shows a round drain cover sitting submerged in the middle of a black earthenware pot. The timestamp on the image reads “2nd, 1:53 PM.” According to the poster, the discovery was made shortly after the food arrived, so roughly 90% of the stew was untouched.
When the poster pushed back hard, the owner allegedly told them, “Don’t pay — just leave. If you’re upset, file a claim.”
The poster also claimed that after their party left, the restaurant removed an “All Seats Reserved” sign from outside and immediately resumed normal service. He closed his post by calling it a “disgusting day.”
Probably because the photos are so shocking, by the 4th the post had already racked up roughly 114,000 views.
Readers reacted with outrage. The top-liked comment said, “They must want to quit the business — it’s time to show Bobaedream’s firepower.” Another popular reply read, “I usually just pick out a hair and eat, but this is too much,” adding that the restaurant’s response was even worse.
Some people wondered whether the incidents were deliberate. “First a steel pad, then a sink cover — could they really not have noticed either?” one commenter asked. Another speculated, “Did they throw the cover in on purpose, planning not to charge after the complaint about the fish?”
Others tore into the restaurant’s handling of the situation. “They should be bowing and apologizing, not telling people to call if they’re upset,” one wrote. “Think about the mold and grease that must be stuck in that cover — they boiled it in the stew. Just the thought makes me sick,” added another.
Calls to report the incident to authorities followed. “File a complaint with the Safety Report Center and they might face a business suspension,” many suggested. One user claimed the restaurant had blocked online review ratings, commenting, “They’re quick to handle that kind of thing.”
